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Patented May 6, .1890.

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BASE BALL BULLETIN BOARD.

Patented May 6, 1890.

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EDlVIN A. GROZIER, OF NEYV YORK, AND FRANK I. ANDERSON, OF BROOK- LYN;SAID ANDERSON ASSIGNOR TO FREDERIC A. DUNEKA, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

BASE-BALL BULLETIN-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,508, dated May 6,1890.

Application filed December 1'7, 1889. Serial No. 334,144. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWIN A. GROZIER, of New York, in the county andState of New York, and FRANK P. ANDERSON, residing at Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Base-l3all Bulletin- Boards, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theacconipanying drawings.

This invention relates to bulletin or display boards speciallyintendedto show the progress of a game of base-ball.

The object of the invention is to produce 1 5 a bulletin-board which maybe posted in a conspicuous place, as the front of a newspaper-office orin a public hall or gathering place, on which the proceedings of abase-ball game which is under way at some distant point may begraphically illustrated.

The operator at the bulletin-board has communication by telegraph ortelephone with the base-ball ground. The names of the clubs and playersand their batting position 2 5 are displayed on the face of the board.The movement of the players at bat is delineated mechanically by theoperator as soon as a dispatch is received from the grounds. The numberof runs is denoted by a large figure and 0 the number of outs by avisible signal, which may be changed by the operator to show the exactprogress of the game.

Figure l is a face view of the improved bulletin-board, some of thelettering omitted.

3 5 Fig. 2 is a broken section on the line a; 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is abroken section on the line 1 y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a broken cross-sectionon line 2 2, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on the plane of line 5 5parallel with the face of the board.

Fig. 6 is a broken rear elevation on part of the board, as hereinafterexplained.

A indicates a bulletin-board constructed of any well-known material. Ina conspicuous place on the face of the board a diamond field b ismarked. Along the line of this diamond there is a groove or way 0,preferably undercut. In this groove a number of cords or endless belts dare arranged to run over suitable pulleys e, (or rounded surfaces willanswer in lieu of pulleys.) Two cords dare shown in the groove, but anynumber may be used. Three will generally be enough for any purpose.These cords and their supports constitute a mechanical conveyer. Thecords may pass through the board near one corner of the diamond, or mayextend into other convenient position for operation from the rear orside of the board. The illustration shows the cords passing throughaperture e near the third base and thence extending around pulleys f atthe back of the board. In practice the cords can generally be bestmanipulated from behind the home-base.

The cords may be worked by handles 9 on the pulleys or in otherconvenient manner. Each cord carries one or more clips d, of wire orlight metal, extending out through the slot in the face of the board inposition to carry a tag or marker t in front of the face of the board.

The markers '1' indicate the players at bat, and by means of the cordscan be moved along from base to base. The markers may bear the numbers,names, or portraits of the players, so that the observer of the boardmay 7 5 know each one. The operator by means of the cords can move themarkers (designating players) from base to base, and, in fact, indicatetheir actual movements with great ac curacy. I

It has been found in using a bulletin-board to indicate the progress ofa ball-game that it was diflicult to see the figures denoting outs fromany position a little to one side of the front. To avoid this objectionthe presout device has been made with three openings 1 2 S to denote theouts. The surface behind the openings is painted the same color as theirmargin, so that the holes are hardly visible from the front of theboard. In a recess m in rear of these openings we place a slide 0,having its front painted in strong contrast with the color of the board.The slide will preferably be of the color of the club it is intended todenote, and. the slide may have 5 a handle 19, which will swing intonotches g at the side of the groove 1 and hold the slide at any desiredelevation. Thus when there thereon may be used.

is one player out the red slide 0 may be moved up in front of hole 1 anda red disk will be shown through hole 1 and be visible at quite an anglefrom the front of the board. So when two players are out the slide canbe moved another notch, to show at hole 2, and so on. It is obvious thatthe outs may all be shown at one set of holes, and the colors of theouts may be shown by simply changing the slides; also, that the piecemay be moved up, down, or sidewise, or maybe made in sections, with thesame result, to denote through an opening the outs made by a club ofplayers.

To denote the runs made it is desirable to have larger figures than canbe conveniently marked 011 the board. For this purpose a rolling curtainor belt with the numbers painted The letter 25 indicates such a belt,and w w the rollers on which it is Wound back and forth. These may beturned by cranks w. There should be one of these belts at each side ofthe board, and the figure on the face of the belt will show through thehole A A.

By the device above described the progress of a baseball game can beillustrated with a graphic accuracy which is comparable to an actualview of the game.

To secure the greatest realistic effects, the players may be actuallydelineated on the board, and the club colors of contesting clubs shouldbe used in the marking devices as far as possible.

That We claim is- 1. A base-ball bulletin-board showing a diamond orrepresentation of a base-ball field, a mechanical conveyer constructedto have movement along such diamond, and a marker representing a playerattached to said conveyer, in combination, substantially as do scribed.

2. A base-ball bulletin-board having a groove along the line of thediamond field, a cord or belt running in said groove, and a projectingclip attached to the cord in position to support a marker, incombination, substantially as described.

3. A base-ball bulletin-board having a diamond-shaped groove in itsface, endless belts supported in said groove and extending out side atsome portion of their length, markers on said belts, andsupporting-pulleys for said extended cords outside the groove, incombination, substantially as described.

4. A base-ball bulletin-board having a series of openings in its facewith a background behind the openings generally resembling the face, aslide of contrasting color between the openings and the background, and.a retaining-catch by which the slide can be secured in severalpositions, so as to be visible through one or a number of the openings,as desired, all combined substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a base-ball bulletin-board having therepresentation of a ballfield thereon, of a mechanical carrier along theline of the diamond and markers carried thereby, a series of openings todenote the outs, and a piece of contrasting color moving behind saidopenings, and a movable apron carrying figures to denote the number ofruns, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

' EDWVIN A. GROZIER.

FRANK P. ANDERSON.

\Vitnesses:

WM. BRUORTON, JULIAN W OOD, Jr.

